January 29, 2007
Volume: 11
Issue: 3
Around the world of Diesel
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Around the world of Diesel

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oHonduras Government Renting Oil Terminals in Order to Complete Supply Deal with ConocoPhillips.

oAbu Dhabi Announces Plan to Switch to ULSD.

oChina’s Diesel Imports Skyrocketed in 2006.

oPetroChina Boosted Diesel Output 2.9% in 2006.

oFord’s Lawsuit Against Navistar Over Diesel Engine Price/Warranty Issues Seen Threat to 2008 Model-Year Diesel Pickup Sales.

oJapan’s Diesel Vehicle Makers in Talks to Pay for Asthma Claims in Tokyo.

oBelarus Refiner To Supply Euro-4 (50-ppm sulfur) ULSD To Retail Stations This Year.

oPhilippines President Signs Biofuel-Blend Mandate Law.

oPeru Seen Moving Forward on $1 Billion Refinery Upgrade Plan.

oSuncor Restarts ULSD Production Following Fire.

oBahrain Refinery Starts-Up ULSD Hydrocracking Unit.

oNew York/New Jersey Harbor Dredging Vessels to Switch to ULSD as part of U.S. EPA Pollution Settlement.

oDelphi Lube-Oil Sensor Would Improve Detection of Higher Soot Loadings From EGR-Equipped Diesel Engines.

oVW Confirms Ultra-Clean Diesel ‘Jetta’ & ‘Tiguan’ Vehicles for U.S. Market.

oColonial Pipeline Wins U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Surcharge Approval for ULSD Shipping.

oCorning Sees Jump in Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment Segment Sales.

oEU OK’s German Subsidies for Accelerating Euro-5 Heavy-Duty Clean-Diesel Vehicles.

o Sweden’s Preem Upgrading Refinery for ULSD.

oExxonMobil Patents ‘Improved’ Sulfur Trap for Diesel Vehicles Equipped with Sulfur-Sensitive Lean-NOx Traps (LNTs).

oPetrobras to Boost ‘H-Bio’ Refinery Hydrotreated Biodiesel Production.

oWorld GTL Confirms GTL-Diesel Plant Deal with Petrotrin.

oCat Predicts 50% Decline in N. American Diesel Truck Engine Sales This Year.

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